I headed out the gate and looked up........OMG the sun was not up yet but a jet and its short jetstream were catching the rays.............

Here it is further away.........it was a stunning sight and thinking of my walking and working out distance goals to go to I decided to walk the loop to the sheep yards...........I know if I go down and back the same way it is 3kms but I was not sure if I did the loop..........it's just under 4kms so glad I did it now..........

Dust catching the sunlight about the 3km mark.......the sheep had just crossed my path heading to water at the dam..........

I usually walk 1-1.5kms sometimes 2km if I have time.......I walked 4km this morning and my knees are hurting (they are crap) but you know what my sore knees is nothing compared to cancer so I'll just live on panadol or nurofen if need be for the month........

Any amount of support you can give will all add up..........

if you have someone special tell me and I will walk for them too..........

I don't normally ask for anything like this but cancer affects way to many people and it is not just the person who gets it it is their whole world affected......family, friends etc....

Out here in the bush there are pretty much no services so you have to travel great distances just for treatment and Drs............

Sunday, 12 February 2017

I went out to check the chooks and the sky to the west looked a bit funny............

that's because a dust storm was coming............

its been pretty ordinary for an hour or more now............and the wind has swung to the south but it is still strong and very dusty.............the temps are dropping though.........36 deg now............

Just before the dust hit I took this pic..........hanging out in the sprinkler...........only about 10 varieties of birds in this photo........amazing......normally this would never happen.......

EDIT this shows the temp in the Chookshed this morning it was 48........

Its been over 41.9 since 9.30 this morning currently 46.4 ............ with the most terrible wind.............the poor birds in the garden are struggling once again.....yesterday was 45.4 but not windy like today just breezy.........

I have hundreds and hundreds of birds seeking refuge in the garden............

the garden is fried............lawn not too bad but everything else looking burnt.........

This is just some...........i have seen about 50 at once of magpies, 100 grass parrots...........so many birds all hanging out together and only the magpies don't play fair..............

Don't tell me to stay cool as it is difficult in these temps............I keep going out to check my chooks and I have one little spray on for the birds in the garden and one in the chookyard for the chooks and more birds...............

It will cool soon hopefully but we have to make it thru catastrophic fire conditions for a few more hours before it cools down...............lets hope we have no more fires in NSW as crews are working in terrible conditions as it is and thinking of the farmers being burnt out near Leadville as we speak with the fire out of control and currently burn................

there was a nest in the top of the gum tree in front of the shed........somehow it made it's way into the chook yard............and into a cage...........we got it out of the cage and managed to pick it up and take it out of the yard and put it into a low tree branch...............Mum was hanging around in higher trees and they were constantly calling back and forwards to each other...........

she fed the baby a few times............hopefully this one survives and it can sort of fly so hope it makes it thru........with the extreme heat and the nest almost in full sun all day it is a wonder it survived.........one baby was dead on the ground last week........not sure if it just fell or the heat was too much but atleast this one is still alive...........they nested on a different branch in the tree last year too..........

Clearly no sewing is happening at present with all these random farm/nature posts......but it is another part of my life I love...........

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The happenings in the "chook shed" – sewing, photography, gardening, farming........Occasionally Fairy Girl, Boy Wonder (Bookworm) and Mr Chookyblue get a mention......addicted to starting new quilting/sewing projects just not so good at completing them........enjoy a "bubbles"......home school.........love to meet up with bloggers - old/new it is always a joyful time.......the common thread of sewing links us together.....
Also I post random photos on Snappy Friends www.snappyfriends.blogspot.com